An Olympic pool is rectangular with a length of 50 meters, a width of 25 meters, and adepth of 3 meters. Your client wants to build an Olympic-style pool with a similar shape,but with a length of 30 meters. The new pool also needs a cover. Use the Areas of Similar Polygons Theorem tocalculate how much material will be required to make the cover for the new pool.

Given that, Length of pool is 50 meters Width of pool is 25 meters Depth of pool is 3 meters Client…

An Olympic pool is rectangular with a length of 50 meters, a width of 25 meters, and a depth of 3 meters. Your client wants to build an Olympic-style p0ol with a similar shape, but with a length of 30 meters.

An Olympic pool is rectangular with a length of 50 meters, a width of 25 meters, and a depth of 3 meters. Your client wants to build an Olympic-style p0ol with a similar shape, but with a length of 30 meters.

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An Olympic pool is rectangular with a length of 50 meters, a width of 25 meters, and a
depth of 3 meters. Your client wants to build an Olympic-style pool with a similar shape,
but with a length of 30 meters.

The new pool also needs a cover. Use the Areas of Similar Polygons Theorem to
calculate how much material will be required to make the cover for the new pool.

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